Lehigh University - Epitome Yearbook (Bethlehem, PA)

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F. W. B. PILE, London, England (sq Market street). J. B. PRICE, Upper Lehigh, Pa. ( Christmas Hall). B. E. RHOADS, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. (70 Vine street). M. A. RICHARDS, Bethlehem, Pa (Wall street). H. W. ROWLEY, South Bethlehem, Pa. (Birch street). A. P. SHAW, Washington, D. C. (Saucon Hall). A.SMITH, Larimer, Pa. (12 Christmas Hall). E. O. SMITH, Magasheto, Iowa (2 Christmas Hall). F. T. SMITH, Simsbury, Conn. ( J2 Market street). G. W. SNYDER, Pottsville, Pa. (70 Vine street). W. J. SNYDER, Catasauqua, Pa. (Catasauqua). T. B. TEMPLE, Lionville, Pa. (Garrison street). J. M. THATCHER, Westport, Mo. {South Bethlehem). C. E. THOMAS, Pottstown, Pa. (Garrison street . C. M. TOLMAN. Washington, D. C. (Vine street). JOHN WAGNER, South Bethlehem, Pa. (South Bethlehem). E. K. WELLER, Trexlertown, Pa. (739 Main Street). J. H. WELLS, Bethlehem, Pa. (1 7 High street). C. WHITEHEAD, Amherst, Va. (Christmas Hall). R. H. WILBUR, South Bethlehem, Pa. (Fountain Hill). H. W. WILSON, Washington, Pa. (67 Market street). J. K. WOLFE, Philadelphia, Pa. (Vine street). S. S. WOOLEVER, Allentown, Pa. (Allentown). V. Y. YODER, Mahanoy City, Pa. (7 Christmas Hall). C. F. ZIMMELE, Bethlehem, Pa. (34S Market street). 29

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History of ' Eighty-Five. IT becomes our pleasant duty to give to the public a record of the exploits of the class of ' 85, during the two or three months of its existence ; but as any historian, however fertile a brain he may pos- sess, would find it a difficult task to cull material enough for a lengthy narrative from so short a space of time, we must be brief. For many months had we labored to achieve our purpose, and great was our satis- faction, at the opening of the college year, to enroll ourselves as students of the far-famed Lehigh University. We met first as a class on the afternoon of the 7th of September, somewhat disappointed that the number of Freshmen then assembled was less than we had been led to expect ; but the ensuing days showed a continually increasing roll, until ultimately it satisfied our most glowing anticipations ; according to the statistics, our number now exceeds that of any previous Freshman class in this University. We quickly learned which part of the students were Sophomores, as they endeavored to render themselves conspicuous by a vast amount of noise. These noisy fellows appeared to entertain the idea that we had entered the University especially for their amusement, and, not being able to effect anything against us as a class, adopted the original method of roaming around in bands at the wee sma ' hours of night, molesting the unsuspecting members of ' 85 ; then, were you the intended victim, If of life you keep a care, Shake off slumber, and beware : Awake ! awake I ' I hat being a kind of sport which we did not in the least appreciate, we resolved to put a stop to all such annoyances, and to this intent repaired to the campus one evening in a body, where we found the sprightly Sophomores disporting themselves with tomahawks, Indian clubs, las- soes, and other warlike implements ; they, however, recalling the old adage about discretion, quietly withdrew into their citadel (Saucon Hall), and, if we except the blowing of a small (?) tin horn, made no Si